Recent Cases Illustrate Bus Accident Victims

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Recent Cases Illustrate Bus Accident Victims

  • Our client was run over by a bus in a crosswalk and lost much of the use of one of her legs even after undergoing 10 surgeries. Her leg was also badly scarred. We were able to settle the case for $5 million.
  • We obtained a $4 million recovery for a 33-year-old physician who suffered multiple serious injuries when struck by a turning bus while bicycling to work in midtown Manhattan. Smiley Law attorneys were able to identify the bus owners and hold them accountable for this hit-and-run accident.
  • We represented the family of a woman who was run over and killed by a NYCTA bus in a crosswalk. Smiley & Smiley, LLP, took immediate action and placed the case on the fast track. In just nine months we secured a settlement of $1.3 million.
  • A bank officer was killed by a NYCTA bus and was survived by his wife and two children. We negotiated a settlement of $1.3 million.
  • A collision or rundown by a bus operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and New York City Transit Authority (NYTCA), which requires a prompt notice of claim and other specific legal procedures
  • An accident involving a tour bus anywhere in Bronx, such as in the vicinity of attractions such as Yankee Stadium, Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden or Wave Hill
  • Injuries or the wrongful death of a loved one in a bus-bicycle or bus-pedestrian accident — including hit-and-run bus accidents requiring our team to identify the negligent party 
    • City bus run-overs of pedestrians and bicycles, resulting in catastrophic injuries and wrongful death — and invoking special requirements for notice of claim against the MTA and NYTCA within 90 days 
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. (WABC) -- One person was killed when a New Jersey Transit bus and an Econoline van collided on the Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook Tuesday night.
The accident happened around 7:30 p.m. just south of the Bergen Toll Plaza, and the crash shut down the southbound lanes at exit 159 for more than four hours.
Thee crash involved the bus, which had no passengers on board, and a packed van heading to a Newark church from Spring Valley, New York.
One passenger in the van, identified as Velma Castro, was killed, and four others were seriously hurt when the vehicle overturned upon impact. Officials say Castro is survived by her husband, who was also in the van, and four children.
Castro was headed to bible study in the overcrowded van.
The Route 163 bus was heading to Port Authority to be put into service.
There were 22 passengers in the van, 12 of whom were injured, and four of them remain in critical condition. Others had minor injuries, including the bus driver.

Man found dead after being struck by Metro bus

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UPDATE 1:40 p.m.:  From Metro spokesman Jeff Switzer: “Our driver is very shaken up by this collision. Anytime there is a collision where someone is hurt or killed, it deeply affects everyone throughout the whole organization. ”
“Metro is safety and customer driven, and our bus drivers work every day to avoid collisions,” Switzer said. “We’re working with Seattle Police to understand the circumstances of this horrible incident, and Metro’s safety officers also are investigating.”
UPDATE 11:20:  Seattle Police are investigating the possibility that the victim was down in the street even before the Metro bus came by.  Police spokeswoman Renee Witt said investigators are still gathering information about the case.
UPDATE 11 a.m.:   Metro Transit spokesman Jeff Switzer said the bus driver is male and has been a Metro driver since October of 2010.
PREVIOUS POST: A Metro bus struck and killed a pedestrian near 11th Avenue and Pine Street early this morning.
The victim is a man believed to be in his 20s or 30s, according to Lt. Randy Yamanaka with Seattle police.
Police became aware of the incident a few minutes after 6 a.m. when a person came running into Police Department’s east precinct, which is near the accident scene, saying there had been a serious accident involving a Metro bus.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a westbound bus at mid-block in the 1100 block of East Pine Street where a person had been hit a the bus and was dead at the scene.
Three passengers were on the bus at the time of the accident. None was injured.
Detectives have interviewed the driver and are talking to the passengers.
A drug recognition expert has been called in, which Yamanaka said is routine in such cases.
Yamanaka said he had no information about the driver.
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/10/pedestrian-hit-killed-by-metro-bus-on-capitol-hill/


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The man who was struck and killed by a city bus on Interstate 35 on Tuesday was identified as 40-year-old Charles E. Turman of St. Joseph.







The preliminary Missouri Highway Patrol crash report did not say why Turman was on the highway at 5:10 p.m., one-tenth of a mile north of the split with Interstate 29 in Kansas City, North. The incident forced the closure of the northbound lanes of the highway for five hours.
Turman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The report said a 24-year-old female passenger on the bus was taken to Liberty Hospital with minor injuries.
The 21-year-old driver of the bus was not injured. Cynthia Baker, spokeswoman for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, said she had graduated at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday from a six-week driving school in which she was graded at the top of her five-member class. She is now taking some time off from her job.
The impact with the pedestrian broke the portion of the bus window to the right of the driver.
“I have seen the video from the bus, and it looks like he clearly is trying to cross the street,” Baker said, adding that his reason is a mystery. “It’s impossible to get into his head. We have no clue.”http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/04/4669149/pedestrian-killed-in-highway-bus.html

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Jason Aldean's bus hits, kills pedestrian on Indiana highway

The tour bus of country star Jason Aldean struck and killed a man Knox County, Ind., early Monday morning, according to multiple reports.
Albert Kennedy was walking in the northbound lane of Highway 41 North a 1:28 am when he was hit.
He was later pronounced dead at the scene with head and chest injuries.
Aldean, 36, was on the bus when the accident occurred and later tweeted his condolences: "With a heavy heart, I'm sad to say that a man passed away last night after stepping out in front of my bus in Indiana. In all the years I've been touring and all the miles we've driven, nothing prepares you for something like this to happen. I'm praying for Albert Kennedy's family and friends today and ask that you do the same."
An investigation into the accident and death are underway.
Aldean was in the news earlier this year for filing for divorce from his wife Jessica Ussery six months after photos surfaced of Aldean kissing “American Idol” star Brittany Kerr.
Aldean cited "irreconcilable differences" in the divorce documents. 
 http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/10/28/jason-aldean-bus-hits-kills-pedestrian-on-indiana-highway/
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/pedestrian-struck-killed-jason-aldeans-tour-bus/story?id=20704792

Female pedestrian killed in horrific accident at busy cross roads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMjhWXF3GnM
No Charges is Fatal Bus Crash
The city bus driver involved in a fatal crash that claimed the life of a UW-Madison library employee in June will not be charged, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said Monday.
Maureen Grant, 58, of New Glarus, died while crossing University Avenue at Lake Street June 22. Toxicology tests on Metro Transit driver Debra Foster came back clean, Ozanne said.
"The investigation also showed there was a blind spot on the bus," he said.
Foster, 52, a two-year veteran of the transit system, told investigators she was unable to see Grant in the crosswalk as the bus turned left onto University from Lake, Ozanne said. Grant was walking north, the same direction as the bus before it turned, according to Madison police.
In a statement, Metro said an internal investigation into the crash is continuing.
"All Metro vehicles are required to meet the Federal Motor Carrier Act standards. All mirrors on all Metro buses meet these requirements and are standard in the transit industry.
"Left and right blind spots are common in all large vehicles," the statement added, "and Metro drivers are trained to handle these blind spots."
Foster was issued a citation by Madison police in June for failure to yield to a pedestrian.
A message left with a spokesman for Grant's family Monday was not immediately returned. Grant was a staff member in the acquisitions department at UW-Madison's Memorial Library.
A 2008 study by the Federal Transit Administration found several factors common in pedestrian-bus accidents that happen when a bus is turning left. The study found pedestrians may not recognize a bus is turning and may step into the crosswalk; drivers may fail to scan and re-scan the crosswalk after starting to turn; and bus components, including side mirrors and the pillar on the left side of the windshield, may create blind spots that obstruct the driver's view.
"Often times when asked what happened following a bus-and-pedestrian collision, operators reported that they just did not see the pedestrian," the study said. "The pedestrians seem to have come from ‘out of nowhere.' "
The study recommended several steps to avoid such collisions, including driver training, changing mirror configurations and adding warning devices, such as audible turn signals or side strobe lights.
Left-turning transit buses have been involved in a series of serious and fatal crashes in other cities in the past few years, including San Francisco and Portland.
In April 2010, five people were hit by a Portland TriMet bus while it was turning left onto a busy street, according to the Portland Oregonian newspaper. Two people died and at least two were seriously hurt in the crash, the newspaper reported. In that case, the bus driver, who made an illegal left turn, said she was unable to see the pedestrians because of a blind spot on the bus, the newspaper said.
In 2008, another TriMet driver hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk while making a left turn, the Oregonian reported. That driver also said a blind spot kept her from seeing the pedestrian, who lost part of her leg as a result of the crash.


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  • As you see their is a lot of people losing their loved one in the hand of a reckless bus driver. No money can bring a loved one back. We as a nation need to stop these horrific death. There need to be tighter law for these reckless drivers. There need to be a State and Federal Law pass that hold these bus drivers accountable with jail time. There need to be a stop to this horrific death. A bus is like a gun, it is in the hand of a careless person. It is sad when a person life is ended in the hands of others.

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